It’s hard to remember now, but just a few months ago the world did not know who Chanel Terrero was. All of that changed when globally renowned choreographer Kyle Hanagami and songwriter Leroy Sanchez came into her orbit. In 2021 Leroy shared his song “SloMo” with Kyle and they had a feeling they were on to a good thing. “We wanted to do the song for a diva,” Leroy says in their emotional new YouTube documentary, uploaded to Kyle’s channel. “I showed the song to Kyle and he loved it.” Sure, the pair had “SloMo”. But they needed a performer who could do it justice both musically and physically, since this is a song that has to move. With Benidorm Fest on their minds, they turned to RTVE for candidates. Unfortunately none of those performers had that X factor: They passed on all of the options sent to them from the Spanish broadcaster. Then, at the end of the road, Chanel stepped into the frame. “She blew our mind, she is so talented,” Kyle says of Chanel, who hadn’t yet released a single or competed in any musical competitions. “I feel like [Spain] have been sending a lot of the same…
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